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La fanciulla del West

Costume Design
1911 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

Costume design by Attilio Comelli (1858-1925) for Happy, a miner, performed by Gaston Sargeant in Giacomo Puccini's opera La fanciulla del West'. Performed at the British premiere at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 29 May 1911.


Object details

Categories
Object type
Titles
  • La fanciulla del West (generic title)
  • The Girl of the Golden West (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Watercolour, pencil and ink on board
Brief description
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for Happy in La fanciulla del West at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 1911.
Physical description
Costume design by Attilio Comelli for Happy performed by Gaston Sargeant in Giacomo Puccini's opera La fanciulla del West. Male figure, smoking, wearing a black hat, red neck scarf, green jacket, navy trousers and black knee high boots. Signed and dated 1911.
Dimensions
  • Board height: 36.5cm
  • Board width: 26.3cm
  • Paper height: 29cm
  • Paper width: 15cm
Marks and inscriptions
  • 'La fanciulla del West' (Inscribed in red ink, upper left corner.)
  • 'Mr Sarjent / No. 10' (Inscribed in pencil, upper right corner. Probably a misspelt 'Sargeant', the performer who played the role of Happy.)
  • 'HAPPY' (Inscribed in red paint, lower right of design.)
Credit line
Given by the estate of David Dean
Summary
Costume design by Attilio Comelli (1858-1925) for Happy, a miner, performed by Gaston Sargeant in Giacomo Puccini's opera La fanciulla del West'. Performed at the British premiere at the Royal Opera House, Covent Garden, 29 May 1911.
Collection
Accession number
S.345-2018

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Record createdDecember 14, 2018
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